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David Kashmer, MD, General Surgery, Auburn, AL

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General Surgery • Auburn, AL

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Surgeon

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  • Office

    Vcom
    910 S Donahue Dr
    Auburn, AL 36832

Summary

  • I'm a surgeon who trains resident colleagues, hosts the #ABSITEsmackdown review course, and focuses on quality improvement in healthcare.

    • The Absite Smackdown! Podcast

    Home of the Absite Smackdown! Podcast

    The Absite Smackdown! Channel

    Home of the video podcast by the #ProjectSmackdownTeam.

    AbsiteSmackdown.com

    We know how stressful it is studying for the ABSITE. We're here to lighten your load and make it easier for you...

    ABSITE Smackdown!: The ABSITE Review Manual With Video Lecture Course Included

    The ABSITE Smackdown! is the only ABSITE review book that comes with an ABSITE review video lecture series included with every copy sold...paperback or digital!

    How Well Do We Supervise Resident Surgeons?

    By: David Kashmer (@DavidKashmer) I was recently part of a team that was trying to decide how well residents in our hospital were supervised. The issue is impo

    3 Important Signs Of A Good Healthcare Process Improvement Solution

    Quality is a hot topic in healthcare. Changing reimbursement, improved patient experience focus, and many other emerging trends have lead to "healthcare quality

    Lean Six Sigma Is Officially No Longer Rare In Healthcare

    Fifteen years ago, I felt very lonely in quality improvement meetings. Usually, I was the only one with training in Lean Six Sigma and would patiently think "If

    A Link Between Surgeon Specialization & Quality

    In May of 2015, three well known medical centers took a pledge to eliminate the performance of certain procedures by surgeons who performed relatively few of th

    Did You Know About 10% Of Patient Deaths Are Due To Diagnostic Error? (via Passl

    It's another stunning quality headline from the Institute of Medicine (IOM): about 10% of patient deaths are related to diagnostic error. This quality issue is

    Did You Know Half Of Physicians Don't Know What MACRA Is? Do You? (via Passle)

    Ah reimbursement. In the the busy world of clinical care, physicians often don't know the latest regulatory speak. We are often caught up wondering, sometimes y

    Why Is Life Expectancy In The US NOT Number 1? (via Passle)

    Did you know that one of the important measures of the quality of a country's healthcare system is the median life expectancy of its population? The CDC website

Clinical Expertise

  • Trauma and surgical critical care, Healthcare administration, Healthcare quality, Quality improvement, Lean Six Sigma, ABSITE test preparation

Education & Training

  • Villanova University
    Villanova UniversityMBB, Lean & Six Sigma, 2009 - 2011
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network
    Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2009 - 2010
  • George Washington University
    George Washington UniversityMBA, Business Administration, 2008 - 2010
  • University of Virginia Medical Center
    University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Transplant Hepatology, 2006 - 2008
  • Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
    Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2006
  • Drexel University College of Medicine
    Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2001

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • FACS American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Authored Content

  • Will you fail your General Surgery board exam?March 2020

Press Mentions

  • Investigations About Safety Issues Result in Few Meaningful Consequences for Hospitals
    Investigations About Safety Issues Result in Few Meaningful Consequences for HospitalsSeptember 18th, 2017
  • Investigations like That into D.C. Hospital's Sewage Leaks Seldom Result in Major Penalties
    Investigations like That into D.C. Hospital's Sewage Leaks Seldom Result in Major PenaltiesSeptember 17th, 2017
  • Dr. David Kashmer Comments on Hospital System’s Plan to Prioritize Private Insurance Patients
    Dr. David Kashmer Comments on Hospital System’s Plan to Prioritize Private Insurance PatientsMay 18th, 2017
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